Serial/Series Title

Ruth Roach and Friend

This photo shows Ruth Roach on a white horse, beside another woman on horse. In the distance are two automobiles.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruth Roach and Kitty Canutt

This photo shows Ruth Roach, on the left, and her associate, Kitty Canutt, on the right. They are leaning over a wooden fence, smiling at the photographer, and Kitty Canutt has a rope in her hands.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruth Roach and Mabel Strickland Trick Riding

This action photo shows Ruth Roach (in the back) and her associate, Mabel Strickland, riding their horses side by side, standing up in the stirrups with their arms over their heads.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruth Roach and Mamie Stroud

This photo shows Ruth Roach (woman on left) and Mamie Stroud (woman on the right) posing with two unidentified rodeo characters, by the side of an arena.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruth Roach on a Bucking Bronco

This photo shows Ruth Roach riding a bucking horse in a rodeo arena.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tom Burnett

This photo shows a man posing on a horse in a rodeo arena.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Trick Riders and Bronco Busters, Tucumcari Round-Up

This photo shows four cowgirls standing in a row in a rodeo area. None are identified.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Unidentified Cowboy

This photo shows a cowboy astride a standing horse.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Woman on a Bucking Bronco

This photo shows an unidentified young woman riding a bucking horse in a rodeo arena.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruth Roach, Champion Lady Rider

In this photo, Ruth Roach is performing an upside-down trick on a running horse.
Date: July 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Going Under Belly, Bob Calen - Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 1921

This photo shows a man hanging under the belly of a running horse in an arena.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Passing of the West #1

This photo shows a row of seven standing cowgirls, with seven mounted Indians behind them, in an arena. The cowgirls are, from left to right: Ruth Roach, Florence Hughes, Bea Kirnan, Bonnie Gray, Rose Smith, Kitty Canutt, and Ruby Roberts.
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Passing of the West #2

This photo shows eight women on horses, standing in a row, in an arena. From left to right, they are: Mabel Strickland, Florence Hughes, Bea Kirnan, Kitty Canutt, Rose Smith, Bonnie Gray, and Unknown. There are rodeo Indians on horses behind them and large buildings, including the dome of the nation's capital, in the background.
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruth Roach Astride a Railing

This photo of Ruth Roach shows her sitting on a railing, waving her cowboy hat and smiling at the photographer. It is believed this photo was taken when she was traveling by ship to Europe.
Date: 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ruth Roach Portrait]

This photo is a portrait of Ruth Roach, sitting with her hands on her knee, in cowgirl clothing.
Date: 1925~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ruth Roach, Woman Champion Trick Rider]

This photo shows Ruth Roach standing on a running horse with her arms in the air, in a rodeo show.
Date: 1925~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruth Roach, woman champion trick rider, c. 1920s

Photograph of Ruth Roach standing on a running horse with her arms in the air, in a rodeo show.
Date: 1925~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[In Soldier's Field, Chicago]

This photo shows a group of eleven cowgirls standing in Soldier's Field, Chicago, with a row of classical columns behind them. From left to right, they are: Fox Hastings, Donna Cowan, Marie Gibson, Florence Hughes, Tad Lucas, Grace Runyan, Ruth Roach, Rose Smith, Bonnie McCarroll (possibly), Vera McGinnis, and Mabel Strickland.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ruth Roach on a Rearing Horse]

This photo shows Ruth Roach astride a rearing horse, waving to the photographer.
Date: 1927~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grace Runyon, Ruth Roach, Peggy Long, Rene Shelton, Lucyle Roberts, c. 1930

This photo shows eight rodeo cowgirls, standing in a row in a rodeo arena. From left to right, they are: Unknown, Grace Runyon, Unknown, Ruth Roach, Peggy Long, Rene Shelton, Unknown, and Lucyle Roberts.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mayor of Boston with Ruth Roach and Tad Lucas, c. 1930

Photograph of a group of cowboys and cowgirls standing around the mayor of Boston outside the Federal Building in Boston, Massachusetts. Ruth Roach is the second cowgirl from the right and the first cowgirl on the right is tentatively identified as Tad Lucas.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruth Roach Riding a Bucking Bronco

In this action photo, Ruth Roach is riding a bucking bronco in a rodeo arena.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ruth Roach sitting in the grass with friends]

Photograph of world champion rodeo performer Ruth Roach, sitting with friends in the grass at a rodeo arena. Roach is dressed in a polka-dot blouse and wearing a large cowboy hat.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ruth Roach With Her Horse "Silver Lady"

This photo shows Ruth Roach posing with her white horse, Silver Lady.
Date: January 1931
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History